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Table 15: Qualifications of childcare workforce and plans of active childminders, January 2008
| Childminders | Pre-school education and daycare staff |
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Number | Percentage of all | Number | Percentage of all |
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Highest held childcare qualification |
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None | 3,720 | 67 | 4,180 | 16 |
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SVQ 1 | 130 | 2 | 240 | 1 |
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SVQ 2 | 280 | 5 | 2,550 | 10 |
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SVQ 3 | 840 | 15 | 7,440 | 28 |
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HNC | 290 | 5 | 6,540 | 25 |
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SVQ 4 | 60 | 1 | 2,240 | 9 |
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Degree | 50 | 1 | 2,230 | 9 |
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Other | 200 | 4 | 370 | 1 |
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Unknown | 10 | 0 | 370 | 1 |
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Any childcare qualification | 1,850 | 33 | 21,620 | 83 |
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Any childcare qualification at SVQ2 or above | 1,520 | 27 | 21,010 | 80 |
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Any childcare qualification at SVQ3 or above | 1,230 | 22 | 18,450 | 70 |
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Highest held non-childcare qualification |
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None | 2,410 | 43 | 10,040 | 38 |
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SVQ 1 | 460 | 8 | 2,590 | 10 |
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SVQ 2 | 830 | 15 | 4,690 | 18 |
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SVQ 3 | 1,170 | 21 | 5,450 | 21 |
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SVQ 4 | 320 | 6 | 900 | 3 |
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degree | 270 | 5 | 1,510 | 6 |
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other | 110 | 2 | 590 | 2 |
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Unknown | 20 | 0 | 410 | 2 |
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All childcare qualifications working towards |
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None | 5,080 | 91 | 20,470 | 78 |
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SVQ1 | 30 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
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SVQ2 | 50 | 1 | 1,210 | 5 |
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SVQ3 | 300 | 5 | 2,170 | 8 |
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HNC | 10 | 0 | 200 | 1 |
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SVQ4 | 20 | 0 | 1,320 | 5 |
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Degree | 30 | 0 | 570 | 2 |
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Other | 50 | 1 | 170 | 1 |
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Unknown | 20 | 0 | 320 | 1 |
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Any training in the previous 12 months other than above? |
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Yes | 2,540 | 46 | | |
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None | 2,780 | 50 | | |
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Unknown | 260 | 5 | | |
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SCMA Scheme of Excellence |
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Achieved | 500 | 9 | | |
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Working towards | 410 | 7 | | |
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Not achieved and not working towards | 4,320 | 77 | | |
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Unknown | 340 | 6 | | |
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Any plans to quit childminding? |
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None | 4,950 | 89 | | |
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Yes, next year | 550 | 10 | | |
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Unknown | 80 | 1 | | |
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Notes:
Childminder figures are based on a sample of registered childminders. The data have been weighted up to the total number of registered childminders in Scotland excluding those listed by the Care Commission as inactive (5,580). This is a slight change from 2007, when the number of inactive childminders was estimated from the sample. More detail on the methodology used is available in the background notes. See Appendix 2 for confidence intervals.
The numbers of childcare staff are estimates based on the total number of staff working directly with children and any additional staff responsible for the management of the registered service (around 150 in total). Staff working in public and private playgroups and private family centres or where the main service type of the centre was unknown are excluded, giving a total of 26,180. See Appendix 3 for confidence intervals.
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to the nearest whole percent to express the uncertainty inherent in these figures. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.
Qualifications include those at an equivalent level - see background notes for details. Staff are counted once for each qualification they are working towards.
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